Khaldun Bshara - Riwaq Registry Presentation

1. Riwaq’s Registry of Historic Buildings in Palestine
a living heritage & a living archive
Khaldun BSHARA
www.riwaq.org
Amsterdam, June 29-30, 2016

2. 1997-2003
Inventory of
traditional
architecture in the
Mediterranean.
Euromed Heritage I
and II programme
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2004-2007
Rehabilitation of
Mediterranean
Traditional
Architecture,
www.rehabimed.net
2009-2012
Mutual Heritage: From
historical integration
to contemporary
active participation
C.O.R.P.U.S.
Riwaq & EU projects: historical brief

3. 3
The EU Cultural
Programme 2014
2012-2015
an international cooperation project It
focuses on the use of Augmented
Reality (AR), multimedia and
interactive technique
The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC
Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme.
2014-2015
Ordinary Perfections:
artistic works in
communal spaces
Riwaq & EU projects: historical brief

4. Heritage components in Palestine
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5. Heritage components in Palestine
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6. WEST BANK
destruction
expropriation
confinement
discontinuity
fragmentation ABC
limited lands;
development pressure &
land value increase
Challenges
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7. Challenges
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8. Working steps: towards a digital registry
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Planning
Case Study Sheet Form Design Map Preparation Filling Sheet Forms Photography
Collected Data Editing
Building Database
Picture Scanning Maps Digitizing
Reporting
Digital Data Editing
Publication
Data Collection
Data entry on Database
Text Input
1 2
3 4
5
7
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Working Steps

9. Training, knocking, documenting, sketching
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10. Questionnaire Sample
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11. Data entry
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12. Summary
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10 years fieldwork
50,320 historic buildings
422 towns and villages
12 districts
3-Volume Publication &
www.riwaq-register.com

13. Registry reports
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14. The utilitarian
issues
of Riwaq’s
registry
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15. principles
vernacular vs. monumental
rural vs. urban
protection vs. use (living)
CH as an asset
seeing is believing: pilots
multidisciplinary
testing before doing
prioritizing 50 out of 422 historic centres
regeneration of 50 hubs
national dream
bring cultural + socio-economic benefit
Use heritage as resources for:
Tourism (trials. facilities, etc.), Cultural
infrastructure, Medium for social change, recreate
new possibilities

16. Old City of Jerusalem
Revitalization
Program
(OCJRP)
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BAB AL-MATHA RA
BAB AL-QA TTANIN
BAB AL-MAGH ARBEH
DOUB LE GATE
(SEALED)
TRIPLE GATE
(SEALED)
SINGLE G ATE
( SEALED)
BAB
AL
-JAD
ID
(N
EW
G AT
E)
BAB AL-HA DID
(IRON GATE)
BAB AL-KH ALIL
(JAFFA GATE)
BAB NA BI DAO UD
(ZION G ATE)
BAB AL-RA HMA
(GOLDEN GATE)
(SEALED)
BAB AL-SAK INA
(CHAI N GATE)
BAB AL-SAH IRA
( HERO DS GATE)
BAB AL-MAGH ARBA
(DUN G GATE )
BAB H ITTA
(A BSOLUTI ON G ATE)
BA
BA
L-A
MO
UD
(D
A
MA
S
CU
S
GA
TE)
BAB SITTI MARY AM
(ST. STEPHAN GATE)
BAB A L-A TM
(G ATE OF DAR KNESS)
BAB A L-G HAWAN MEH
(G HAWAN MEH GATE)
BAB AL-NA ZER
(INSPECTO RS GSTE )
BAB A L-A SBAT
(G ATE OF TH E TRIB)
Structural condition
Bad
Medium
Unusable
Very good
Good

17. Updating: regeneration as an opportunity for updating the registry
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18. www.riwaq-register.org
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19. www.riwaq-register.org
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20. www.riwaq-register.org
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21. www.riwaq-register.org
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22. Thank you
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